Come Support Literacy For ALL at Milk Studios This Thursday
You’re invited to the launch party for a women-led, tech non-profit fighting for global literacy
The fight to give billions the ability to read and write is something we can all get behind. As a hybrid media company that lives to make your day that much better with the best pool of online content, we’re 200% down for the cause.
Founded by three female entrepreneurs — Tanyella Evans, Isabel Sheinman, and Taniya Benedict — this new groundbreaking organization is leading the charge to defeat child exploitation through widespread literacy.
And you’re invited to celebrate their official launch at Milk Studios on Thursday, June 28th. The name of the network will be officially unveiled at the event, hence its absence here.
Around the globe, hundreds of millions of children are at risk of being exploited or falling into poverty because they leave school without
learning how to read. This huge challenge exists in part due to a severe shortage of early grade level reading books in local languages, which means children can’t learn to read in a language they understand. As a result, 250 million children (cumulative total as of the latest census in 2015) are leaving school without basic literacy, even if they’ve attended for four years. Without literacy, these children are extremely vulnerable to social and economic exploitation.
As the next iteration of Library for All, an organization co-founded in 2013 by Tanyella Evans, this new tech non-profit addresses this challenge by training local writers and illustrators to create original local language books, and distributing them on their digital reading app. Local language books build children’s confidence in reading, and are essential to help them bridge the gap to literacy in English and other national languages.
Currently operating in Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti, this women-led digital publishing network is a huge step towards positive change. Since February 2018, more than 5,000 users have downloaded the app in Rwanda alone, making it the fastest growing locally-curated app in the country. The demand is there, and the platform is here to meet that and more.
So come join us for a night of celebrating all the good that this organization is doing right now and is poised to do in the future. There will be music, and complementary food and drink.
Get your tickets HERE. Tickets are $10 when you use the code NEWSTAND.
WHEN: Thursday, June 28
DOORS: 7:00 pm
PRESENTATION: 7:30 pm
WHERE: Milk Studios, 450 W 15th St, Ground Floor
